Apple Scones
Source of Recipe
www.rampantscotland.com
List of Ingredients
One medium cooking apple
two cups self raising flour (all-purpose flour with baking powder)
½ teaspoon salt
Level teaspoon baking powder
½ stick butter
¼ cup fine granulated sugar
Up to half cup milk
Ingredients for glaze:
A little milk
1oz light brown sugar Recipe
Pre-heat the oven to 400ºF . Peel and core the apple and then finely chop. Sift together the flour, salt and baking powder. Then rub in the butter followed by the sugar and chopped apple and mix. Add milk until you have a soft but not sticky dough.
Roll out on a floured surface to about ¼" thick and 8" round and mark into 8 wedges. Place on a greased baking sheet, brush the top with milk and sprinkle with the demerara (light brown) sugar. Bake in the pre-heated oven at 400ºF for 20-25 minutes. Serve warm with butter.